The Last Thing You Surrender
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The Last Thing You Surrender is a historical novel by Leonard Pitts Jr. that explores race, family, and moral courage in the American South during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Last Thing You Surrender canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5702378 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Last Thing You Surrender Context triple: [Leonard Pitts Jr., notableWork, The Last Thing You Surrender]
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A.
Moment of Surrender
"Moment of Surrender" is a soulful, gospel-influenced rock song by U2 noted for its emotional intensity and spiritual themes.
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B.
Sweet Surrender
"Sweet Surrender" is a 1997 pop/rock single by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, known for its atmospheric production and emotionally introspective lyrics.
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C.
Sweet Surrender
"Sweet Surrender" is a song best known as a soft rock hit by John Denver, released in the 1970s.
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D.
No Surrender
"No Surrender" is a rock song by Bruce Springsteen, best known as one of the anthemic tracks from his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
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E.
No Surrender
"No Surrender" is a historic Protestant unionist slogan associated with the Siege of Derry and later loyalist and Orange Order traditions in Northern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Last Thing You Surrender Target entity description: The Last Thing You Surrender is a historical novel by Leonard Pitts Jr. that explores race, family, and moral courage in the American South during World War II.
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A.
Moment of Surrender
"Moment of Surrender" is a soulful, gospel-influenced rock song by U2 noted for its emotional intensity and spiritual themes.
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B.
Sweet Surrender
"Sweet Surrender" is a 1997 pop/rock single by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, known for its atmospheric production and emotionally introspective lyrics.
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C.
Sweet Surrender
"Sweet Surrender" is a song best known as a soft rock hit by John Denver, released in the 1970s.
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D.
No Surrender
"No Surrender" is a rock song by Bruce Springsteen, best known as one of the anthemic tracks from his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
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E.
No Surrender
"No Surrender" is a historic Protestant unionist slogan associated with the Siege of Derry and later loyalist and Orange Order traditions in Northern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Leonard Pitts Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
impact of war on families
ⓘ
moral choices under extreme pressure ⓘ racial injustice in the United States military ⓘ |
| featuresEthnicFocus |
African Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| fictionalUniverse | World War II-era American South ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courage
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ military service ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ racism ⓘ segregation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
family
ⓘ
moral courage ⓘ race ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingTime | World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Last Thing You Surrender Description of subject: The Last Thing You Surrender is a historical novel by Leonard Pitts Jr. that explores race, family, and moral courage in the American South during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.